Definition of nerve

"nerve" in the noun sense

1. nerve, nervus

any bundle of nerve fibers running to various organs and tissues of the body

2. heart, mettle, nerve, spunk

the courage to carry on

"he kept fighting on pure spunk"

"you haven't got the heart for baseball"

3. boldness, nerve, brass, face, cheek

impudent aggressiveness

"I couldn't believe her boldness"

"he had the effrontery to question my honesty"

"nerve" in the verb sense

1. steel, nerve

get ready for something difficult or unpleasant

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Quotations for nerve

Bear the burden of the present,
Let the morrow bear its own;
If the morning sky be pleasant.
Why the coming night bemoan?

Holy strivings nerve and strengthen,
Long endurance wins the crown;
When the evening shadows lengthen,
Thou shalt lay the burden down. [ Thomas Mackellar ]

Awake, my soul! stretch every nerve.
And press with vigor on;
A heavenly race demands thy zeal.
And an immortal crown. [ Philip Doddridge ]

My fate cries out,
And makes each petty artery in this body
As hardy as the Nemean lion's nerve. [ William Shakespeare, Hamlet ]

Through every fibre of my brain,
Through every nerve, through every vein,
I feel the electric thrill, the touch
Of life, that seems almost too much. [ Henry W. Longfellow ]

Mightier far
Than strength of nerve or sinew, or the sway
Of magic potent over sun and star,
Is love, though oft to agony distrest,
And though his favorite seat be feeble woman's breast. [ Wordsworth ]

The nerve that never relaxes, the eye that never blenches, the thought that never wanders - these are the masters of victory. [ Burke ]

Men of genius are often considered superstitious, but the fact is, the fineness of their nerve renders them more alive to the supernatural than ordinary men. [ B. R. Haydon ]

Sublime is the dominion of the mind over the body, that for a time, can make flesh and nerve impregnable, and string the sinews like steel, so that the weak become so mighty. [ Mrs. Stowe ]

The man who makes a success of an important venture never waits for the crowd. He strikes out for himself. It takes nerve, it takes a great lot of grit; but the man that succeeds has both. Anyone can fail. The public admires the man who has enough confidence in himself to take a chance. These chances are the main things after all. The man who tries to succeed must expect to be criticised. Nothing important was ever done but the greater number consulted previously doubted the possibility. Success is the accomplishment of that which most people think can't be done. [ C. V. White ]

nerve in Scrabble®

The word nerve is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 8

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Play In The Letters nerve:

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nerve in Words With Friends™

The word nerve is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 10

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Play In The Letters nerve:

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Words within the letters of nerve

2 letter words in nerve (2 words)

3 letter words in nerve (3 words)

4 letter words in nerve (3 words)

5 letter words in nerve (Anagrams) (2 words)

nerve + 1 blank (6 words)

Word Growth involving nerve

Shorter words in nerve

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Longer words containing nerve

nerveblock nerveblocked

nerveblock nerveblocker nerveblockers

nerveblock nerveblocking

nerveblock nerveblocks

nervecell nervecells

nervecenter nervecenters

nerved penninerved

nerved quintuplinerved

nerved renerved

nerved trinerved

nerved triplinerved

nerved unnerved

nerveending nerveendings

nervefiber nervefibers

nervefibril nervefibrils

nerveless nervelessly

nerveless nervelessness

nervelike

nervepain nervepains

nervepath nervepaths

nerverack nerveracking

nerveroot nerveroots

nerves nervesupply

nerves renerves

nerves unnerves

nervetone

nervetract nervetracts

nervetrunk nervetrunks

nervewrack nervewracking

renerve renerved

renerve renerves

unnerve unnerved

unnerve unnerves